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DEF LEPPARD - Yeah!
| Sea Of Tranquility |
| I’ve never completely understood why classic-rock artists with catalogs as deep as Styx and Toto feel compelled to record an album of covers. But among the latest bands to pay tribute to their musical influences is Def Leppard, and Yeah! actually makes far more sense than either Styx’s Big Bang Theory or Toto’s Through the Looking Glass....full text |
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| Bullz-eye |
| It has often been said – by this writer, if no one else – that covers albums are the last refuge of the scoundrel. Even good songwriters get seduced by the idea of covering someone else’s stuff. Bryan Ferry has covered almost as many songs as he’s written (ahem, “Sympathy for the Devil”?), and only one of them, Roxy Music’s stunning version of John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy,” is worth a second listen. And then there’s the album that Q Magazine recently declared the worst album of all time: Duran Duran’s dismal covers album Thank You. ...full text |
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| Jam! |
| There are only two ways to play cover tunes: Faithfully and unfaithfully. Classic rockers Def Leppard clearly take their covers seriously, which is why they wisely opt for the former on their new tribute CD Yeah! -- with instantly addictive results....full text |
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